Thursday, January 19, 2012

Some Soccer News for Thu Jan 19, 2012

STARTERS

David Beckham made it official today and signed a new 2 year contract with the LA Galaxy.-But Beckham is staying with a team that will have at least 2 giant holes to fill this season - central midfielder Juninho returned to Sao Paulo and centerback Omar Gonzalez blew out his knee.

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There are terrible quality photos popping around the internet of a new LA Galaxy uniform that sees the return of the sash! I say YES.

FIFA finds new ways to make themselves look stupid almost every day. Today's coupe?

Both Brazil & Russia has laws that prohibit alcohol sales in stadiums due to crowd violence, but FIFA is insisting they changed their laws for the World Cup. Cuz FIFA knows better than the people who live in those countries right?-The Irish Times tells of their hubris.

BIG EUROPEAN CLUB MATCHES

Sunday is a big day this weekend.

Matches & Scores:-Fri Jan 20Monchengladbach v Bayern Munchen - the hosts had a surprising first half and want to prove to the top team that it was not a fluke.-Sun Jan 22Manchester City v Tottenham - a big chance for #1 to show their strength against #3 who want to show they belong.Arsenal v Manchester United - an intense modern rivalry and they are at #5 and #2.Inter v Lazio - an Inter win could move them all the way up to 3rd place, but #4 Lazio want to end their run.Malaga v Barcelona - the new money hosts #2

Three new veterans pull on the Sporting KC shirt: Convey, Nagamura and Peterson.

MLS TEAM & PLAYER NEWS

Player Transactions

SKC has signed midfielder Jacob Peterson who was released by San Jose.

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Vancouver announced the signing of hacking midfielder Jun Marques Davidson. He played for head coach Martin Rennie in Carolina 2 years ago, and last season played for Tokushima Vortis the Japanese 2nd division.